Spectral Theory in Hilbert Space
Spectral Theory in Hilbert Space
Spectral Theory in Hilbert Space
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126 B. STIELTJES INTEGRALS<br />
We obta<strong>in</strong><br />
n<br />
|s| ≤ |f(ξk)||g(xk) − g(xk−1)|<br />
k=1<br />
≤ max|f|<br />
[a,b]<br />
n<br />
k=1<br />
|g(xk) − g(xk−1)| ≤ max<br />
[a,b]<br />
|f|V b<br />
a (g) .<br />
S<strong>in</strong>ce this <strong>in</strong>equality holds for all Riemann-Stieltjes sums, it also holds<br />
for their limit, which is b<br />
f dg. <br />
a<br />
In some cases a Stieltjes <strong>in</strong>tegral reduces to an ord<strong>in</strong>ary Lebesgue<br />
<strong>in</strong>tegral.<br />
Theorem B.8. Suppose f is cont<strong>in</strong>uous and g absolutely cont<strong>in</strong>uous<br />
on [a, b]. Then fg ′ ∈ L1 (a, b) and b<br />
a f dg = b<br />
a f(x)g′ (x) dx, where<br />
the second <strong>in</strong>tegral is a Lebesgue <strong>in</strong>tegral.<br />
The proof of Theorem B.8 is left as an exercise (Exercise B.8).